Bag



Patented oct. v2i, 17924.

vUNITED A stares PATENT orsi-CE.

BAG.

Application fled August 25 1922. Serialy No. 584,266.

T o all 'whom t ma-y concern.'

Be it known that I, FERDINANDO D. MAN- Noccr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hollywood, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shop-ping bags, and a purpose of my invention is the provision of a shopping bag of simple, inexpensive and extremely durable construction to allow the carrying of a number of wei hty articles without the possibility of the ag being broken.

Although I have herein shown and described only one form ofl shopping bag embodying by invention, it is to be underst ood that -various changes and modifications'may be made herein without departing from the spirit. of the invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a view sho-wing 1n perspective one form of shopping bag embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is alvertical sectional view of the bag lshown in Fig. 1. A

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the bag shown in the preceding views, with portions thereof broken away.

j Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the bag shown in the preceding views.` l A Referring specically to the drawings in which similar Vreference characters refer to similar parts, my invention in its present embodiment comprises a bag Abody designated at B of any desirable sizeand formed of relatively heavy paper. body adjacent its upper transverse edges are a pair of reinforcing strips S formed of cardboard or the like. Each 'of these Strips S is bent longitudinally to rovide an inner Hap 16 and an outer flap l?. The inner Hap 16 is adapted ytoi be secured by an adhesive material to the side of the bag body, whilethe outer flap 17 is adapted to be secured in a similar manner to a covering strip T.

To effectively reinforce the bag and to provide `means for carrying the latter, liexible members F are provided and formed of rope, cord, or the like. Each member F is unravelled at its ends so as to separate the several strands of which the member is composed, and g these lSecured to the bag strands designated at 18 are glued or otherwise secured to the bottom ofthebag body B. As clearly shown.in Fig. 3, the strands of one flexible member are arranged in alternate relation with respect to the strands of the other flexible member and secured in this manner so as to effectively reinforce the bottom of the bag and to secure the flexible members against possible displacement from the bag body.

As clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the flexible members F are extended up the sides of the bag body B beyond the mouth of the bag where they terminate in handles 19. At that point at which the stretches of the iiexible members leave the transverse edges of the Ibag body, they lare extended through openings 20 formed in the reinforcing strips S at the junction of the flaps 16 and 17, it being understood that the stretches of the flexible members are extended between t-he flaps as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4. l

To beautify the appearance of the bag and conceal the flexible members F, covering strips T are provided. These strips are formed of relatively thin paper or similar material and are glued to the sides and bottom of the bag body B. The upper ends are bent inwardly of the bag mouth and secured to the inner sides of the bag, slots 21 being provided in the ends of the strips to accommodate the handles, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

What I claim is:

1. A bag comprising a bag body, cords having their free ends arranged at the bottom of the bag body, said ends being spread and secured to the bottom with the strands of one cord arranged in alternate relation to thestrands of the other cord, and said o cords being extended at the mouth of the bag to provide handles.

2. A bag comprising a bag body, reinforcingy strips secured to the body adjacent the mouth thereof, cord members arranged at opposite sides of the body and extending between the reinforcing strips, the ends of said members being spread and secured to the bottom of the bag, and said members being extended from the mouth of the bag to provide handles.

3. A bag comprising a bag body, reinforcing strips secured to the body adjacent the mouth thereof, iexible members arranged at opposite sides of the body and extending between reinforcing strips, the ends of said ropes extended through 'the reinforcing members being secured to the bottom of strips between the flaps and beyond the the bag, and said members being extended mouth of the bag to provide handles, the

from the mouthof the bag toprovide hanends ,of said ropes having their strands 15 5 dles, and covering strips secured to the bag separated and secured to the bottom of the body for concealing the iexible members. bag body, and covering strips secured to 4. A bag comprising a bag body, reinforcthe bag body and to the outer iaps of said ing stri s secured to the outer side of the strips for concealing the ropes.

body a jacent the mouth thereof, each of In testimony whereof I have signed my 2o 10 said strips including a flap secured tothe bag name. to this specication.

body and e Hap exteriorly of the first` Hap, FERDINANDO D. MANNOCCBI. 

